PGage, My impression from what you've posted here is that social psych isn't your specialty. I'd imagine social psychologists have had a lot of fun parsing internet reactions.
Social media and comments sections provide outlets for everyone. In many cases, it's nothing more than "I'm right and you're wrong," whether the topic is that killing lions is bad (or good), Obamacare is awful (or great), Donald Trump is a doofus (or presidential), or One Direction is great (or terrible) without Zayn. People will rush in to agree or disagree without adding anything more to the conversation. There are corners of the Net like this one where people carry on civil and intelligent discussions, but there are lots of venues that seem to be about who can shout the loudest. As far as True Detective goes, all I've seen of it is clips on talk shows that didn't stick with me, so I'm completely agnostic on the subject. The reactions I've seen from reasonably thoughtful people are that season 2 is significantly worse than season 1, but, as always, YMMV. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
